Bleach ~ Kubo T

Unohana sat by her window and leaned against the frame as she stared at the moon.

She sighed softly. "jyuushirou" she whispered faintly as she looked at his picture in her hands. Teardrops were slowly falling onto the picture.

It had been a year now since they last spoke. He was her best friend but by now she was convinced he hates her.

Even without the picture she could remember him clearly. His silver hair and hazel eyes haunted her every night.

His voice still rang clearly in her head. "Good luck with your studies and career" he had said sadly before hanging up the phone.
He was all the way in Serbia yet Unohana loved him more than anything.
Jyuushirou Ukitake, 35 years old electric engineer and she was Unohana Retsu 30 years old, war trauma therapist, they lived such different lives yet Unohana fell hopelessly in love with him.
She didn't believe in fairytales but to her Ukitake was a prince.
He was kind, gentle, charming, courteous, witty and very intelligent.
Unohana closed her eyes and remembered all their nightly skype conversations when both couldn't sleep.

She also remembered very clearly how he sacrificed his sleep for her after her fiancée pulled a harsh prank on her by feigning Anterograde amnesia.
She and Ukitake both loved to read a good book or watch a good movie, they both loved children and wanted a family of their own one day after they were financially stable enough and had gathered enough life experience.
He was an orphan with 3 younger sisters and 2 younger brothers while she was the only child who was always being loved and cared by her parents.
She knew Ukitake had his hands full on raising his youngest sister who would be 10 soon and his two brothers who were only 15 and 16.
He often talked about his family and she loved hearing about them. Her life was only child was lonely sometimes.

Unohana sighed as she tried to wipe away her flowing tears. She longed to be with Ukitake and start a family of her own.

A sharp pain went through her heart as she thought of a child of her own.
She was 30 years old and by now ready for a family.
With a sad smile she looked at the pictures of her friends with their husbands and kids. A few of them were pregnant again with their second or third child.
She slipped out of bed and started reviewing some patient's papers to get her attention off the pain. Work was her escape.

Maybe things would have worked out for her and Ukitake if people didn't interfered. Gossips were spread on purpose that she preferred her career above Ukitake and that she only talked with him because she felt guilty that he pulled her through rough times. Also the most painful thing was that people told him she loved him once but he didn't and with that he broke her heart by saying he hated the work she was doing.
People also told her that Ukitake said that he told them that she broke his heart and hurt him very much because she was a spoiled monster who loved taking advantage of their friendship.
Unohana shook her head to clear her thoughts. She simply wanted to talk it out with him and tell him the truth but they broke all contacts and she didn't want to face his hatred.